Sisters

The sweetest thing happened tonight. The girls have been sharing a room for about a month now. It is mostly going well, Amelia sleeps through a lot more than I thought she would. But 2 timesI have woken up to Maya crying and go in to see Amelia has filled her crib with toys in the middle of the night. My mean mom mind assumed Amelia was bored in the night and tried to wake up Maya. But tonight after I put them down, I heard Amelia get up and decided to watch in the monitor.

Maya whines as she falls asleep, for probably 5 full minutes. Nothing too loud or sad. Well Amelia got up and went to Maya's crib. She now knows she should never throw a toy in the crib. So I watched as she reached her arms through the slats and patted Maya's face and then held Maya's hand and patted Maya's hand. Maya immediately stopped fussing and just stared at Amelia. Amelia was so gentle and loving and patient. Then she reached in and turned on Maya's music box, Maya turned toward the box and was definitely dosing off. So then Amelia walked away and climbed back into bed and tried to put her blanket back on. Now they are both sleeping soundly.

So many lessons learned. Those few times, Maya probably woke Amelia up and the toys were Amelia's attempt at comforting Maya. My automatic reaction is to think my 2 year old is up to something, when really she was being the sweetest and best big sister possible. And she was so motherly, it was a really special moment. I love my girls so much. I love seeing their friendship develop. It is so good to be a mom.